The Long Dark Road

Annabelle's story

Ouch! Help me!! Stop Mom!! That hurts, I am your blood daughter leave me alone! The least you could do since you have never been here for me is stop hurting me. Says Anna.
Shut the f*ck up now before I beat the sh*t out of you! Is that the least I can do you mother f*cking dumb ugly b*tch. You are so mently retarted. Abortion is always the best path can I kill you ugly sh*t now? (Shoves Anna into the wall and starts hammering into her with her fists) Mom stop,please stop! Why? What did I do to you? "You stole my booze and my weed and cocaine you f*cking ugly b*tch! I did not I don't do that stuff. I want an education and a good life. "Life doesn't work that way retard!"
(Anna dials 911) "911 what is your emergency" Yes, hello I live on 240 Maplewood Drive Andersville, North Montana 03452 My mother is a drug and alchol addict and she has been abusing my family for years and I can't do it anymore I work three jobs and I am seventeen. I come home and have my money stolen even though I am taking care of my parents kids amd am the bread winner of the family, then get blamed for stealing the stuff they used the rest of yesterday and forgot because she was so drugged up and the starts beating me. I can't do it." We are sending help now! Please be careful and we will be there in about five minutes"

Thank you for coming in such a hury she is hiding (whispering into polices ear) in the drug and booze closet under the steps. (Police calls for help and runs down to look in and she is missing and there is a hole in the back of the closet. They go in the hole and have one stay on guard outside the house) Anna her mom says I will never forgive you I may go to jail now. POLICE, Anna yells I found her. I have her in a choke hole. Get in here now. Police respond we got her we will put her in the police car and figure it out from there. Okay!!!

"So where are your siblings?" At school I dropped them of then came home to get my stuff because I forgot it, why? "We have to take you guys into custody, you are aloud to stay if you want but noone else is eighteen and neither are you so we can't leave them with you. They will be put into foster care and taken by an adult 16+ and trained and adopted by them." I am over sixteen why can I not keep them I have a job and can handle them. I also have a father. "You said my parents not parent or Mom so we have to drug and alchol test all of you and if there is any trace of it in you, you must leave with them to jail/foster care." Leave my mom then. No you aren't taking my siblings. That isn't fair leave my mom and my siblings. I have cared for them since they were born and I'm not stopping that now! "We will see what we can do but I'm not sure so don't keep your hopes up. We are locking her in a solitary confinment unit until we get back to you.

(After school) Hey Oliver buddy how are you? Lets go get Brandon and Chloe okay? Okay. (Arrive at Georgetown High School (GHS) and goes into school to sign Brandon out) " Hello Anna, how are you?" Okay,busy. "I noticed you weren't at school today, why" oh I had some issues with home and family and I didn't want everyone there to see. "Okay but I will need a parent signature tomorrow because you can't just miss school because you don't want to come" Well I had to stay home and I won't be able to get a signed paper from my parents I had an issue with my mother so no. "Well Miss Lee you can't speak to me like that! A note will be expected. I did not know you, you had a child! You need to make better choices. No need to be a slut and having sex with everyone just because you are a street rat." Excuse me Ms. Anteleny but that is none of your business but if you care to know this is my brother that I take careof because my parents won't so you can stop now. Call my brother Brandon up NOW! "No need to get your titis in a tangle Anna I just want what is best for-" I know what I need to do my brother now. " I need you to show me your eighteen year old ID and his emergency card with your name on it." How about a police note? " That will do I guess" ( Anna reaches over and grabs the announcement system and calls for " Brandon Lee to the office to leave now!" And repeats that twice.

Hey Brandon, ready to leave? "I guess. What's going on?" Nothing you need to know right now. "Okay" Goodbye Ms. Anteleny they both say. The three of them then get in Anna's van and leave to get Chloe while Anna explains to Brandon what happened with Ms. Anteleny.

Hello Mrs. Kanaya, we both say. "Hello Anna oh and Brandon correct?" Yes, could we sign out Chloe please, thank you.( the office clerk calls for Chloe and I sign her out) "Anna, I didn't know you had a child. When did that happen. Mrs. Kanaya says with a puzzling look on her face" Oh Mrs.Kanaya he isn't mine he was my parents but she doesn't take care of her so I do." Oh okay, sorry" "here's Chloe for you!" Thank you have a great day "You too"

Why did we get picked up early Anna? Says Chloe. Yeah why did we says Brandon. Well after dropping you off today I forgot my junior trip permission slip so I went home to get it and mom started hitting me and Oliver so I called the police and they came and took mom into a temporary solitary confinment unit until we got stuff sorted out because we all have to have drug tests done. The cops wanted to take us into custody at least you three and put you int foster care but I said no that that wasn't going to happen so we have to have a meeting for you guys to tell them you want to stay with me and move to a small house for us.
Okay everyone says!